Lyons Magnus has announced that following continued collaboration and consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Company is expanding its July 28, 2022, recall of nutritional and beverage products because of potential microbial contamination, including from the organisms Cronobacter sakazakii and Clostridium botulinum.
Root cause analysis indicates that the products did not meet commercial sterility specifications.
Consumers are advised not to consume any of the recalled products or any products that are beyond their best-by date.
The products are packed in various formats under many different brand names. Specific products subject to recall, lot codes and product images can be found here.
Products were distributed nationally. Products included in the recall were distributed starting in April 2021.
Brands of recalled products are::
- Lyons Barista Style
- Lyons Ready Care
- Cafe Grumpy
- Tone It Up
- Uproot
- Organic Valley
- Sated
- Aloha
- Rejuvenate
- Optimum Nutrition
- Sweetie Pie Organics
- Intelligentsia
- Ensure Harvest
- PediaSure Harvest
- Glucerna
- Original 8 fl oz tetra carton 24 count club case (sold only at Costco, BJ’s
- Wholesale
- Club, and
- Sam’s Club)
- Kate Farms
- Pirq
- Oatly
- Premier Protein
- MRE
- Stumptown
- Imperial
Bolded items denote additional brands, products and lots introduced in the expanded recall.
The lot code and best-by date refer to the top of the carton for individual cartons or the side of the case for multi-carton cases.
The recalled products should not be consumed. Anyone who has a recalled product in his or her possession should dispose of it immediately or return it to the place of purchase for a refund.
About Cronobacter
Food contaminated with Cronobacter may not look or smell spoiled but can still cause illness. Although Cronobacter Is not commonly linked to human illness, in rare cases it can cause serious or fatal infections. Cronobacter can cause rare bloodstream and central nervous system infections and has been associated with severe intestinal infection (necrotizing enterocolitis) and blood poisoning (sepsis), especially in newborns.
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